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Originally created in Vienna, Kipferl is also the specialty cookie of the Bavarian town, Nördlingen.

Vanilla is the classic Kipferl flavor. However, the recipe lends itself to creative variations.

The most time-consuming part of creating these cookies is shaping them. Make it go faster with a Kipferl party. Get your friends or family together for an evening of gemütlichkeit, shaping and baking cookies while drinking Glühwein or hot chocolate.

• Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface. Use both palms to roll portions of the dough out into long ropes about an index finger thick.

• Divide each rope into 2-inch pieces. Place each piece on the baking sheet. Bend to form a crescent shape. Pinch ends to form a point.

• Bake the cookies for 15 minutes.

• Whisk together the powdered sugar and ground cinnamon.

• Remove from the oven. Roll each cookie in the cinnamon powdered sugar mixture. Serve.

Lora Wiley-Lennartz is an Emmy nominated television producer and a food/destination blogger who splits her time between Germany and New York City. Read her blog Diary of a Mad Hausfrauor follow her on Facebook for traditional German recipes with a twist.